Fact-check: “The US spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined”
Verdict: False (90% confidence)
Using the most recent SIPRI Military Expenditure Database update (Apr. 2026), the claim does not hold for the latest full year available. In 2025, the United States spent about $954B, while the next 10 biggest spenders together spent about $1,166.9B, which is larger than the US total. The claim also does not hold for 2024 in SIPRI’s Apr. 2025 update, where the next 10 combined were about $1,032B versus the US at about $997B.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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